Photographing the Full Moon Rising: Planning With Azimuth and Timing
The giant moon behind a lighthouse is not luck. It is a date, a direction, a distance, and a few minutes of light, all worked out before…
Today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, the sun rises at and sets at MDT in Hinton, Alberta, giving 9 hours, 55 minutes of daylight, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
Local time, America/Edmonton (UTC−6)
| Dawn | Dusk | |
|---|---|---|
| Astronomical −18° | ||
| Nautical −12° | ||
| Civil −6° | ||
| Sunrise / sunset |
| Morning | Evening | |
|---|---|---|
| Blue hour | – | – |
| Golden hour | – | – |
| Date | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Today Oct 25 | 9h 55m | −4m 00s | ||
| Mon Oct 26 | 9h 51m | −3m 59s | ||
| Tue Oct 27 | 9h 47m | −3m 58s | ||
| Wed Oct 28 | 9h 43m | −3m 57s | ||
| Thu Oct 29 | 9h 39m | −3m 56s | ||
| Fri Oct 30 | 9h 35m | −3m 54s | ||
| Sat Oct 31 | 9h 32m | −3m 53s |
Sunrise and sunset each day; steps in the lines are clock changes.
| March equinox | March 20, 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| June solstice longest day | June 21, 2026 | |
| September equinox | September 22, 2026 | |
| December solstice shortest day | December 21, 2026 | |
| Clocks go forward | March 8, 2026 | MDT |
| Clocks go back | November 1, 2026 | CST |
100% illuminated · 14.3 days old
Moonrise · Moonset
Next full moon: the Hunter's Moon, Sunday, October 25, 2026 at .
Today's times; the difference is against Hinton.
| Place | Distance | Sunrise | Sunset | Sunrise vs Hinton |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edson | 79 km ENE | 4 minutes 10 seconds earlier | ||
| Whitecourt | 150 km NE | 5 minutes 47 seconds earlier | ||
| Drayton Valley | 174 km E | 10 minutes 51 seconds earlier | ||
| Grande Prairie | 212 km NNW | 9 minutes 18 seconds later | ||
| Rocky Mountain House | 213 km ESE | 13 minutes 6 seconds earlier | ||
| Stony Plain | 238 km E | 14 minutes 2 seconds earlier | ||
| Spruce Grove | 243 km E | 14 minutes 22 seconds earlier | ||
| Devon | 255 km E | 15 minutes 30 seconds earlier | ||
| St. Albert | 262 km E | 15 minutes 16 seconds earlier | ||
| Morinville | 263 km ENE | 14 minutes 47 seconds earlier |
Sunrise and sunset are the moments the top edge of the sun meets a flat, sea-level horizon, with standard atmospheric refraction (the sun's centre 0.833° below the horizon). Civil, nautical and astronomical twilight begin when the sun is 6°, 12° and 18° below. Golden hour is the sun between 6° above and 4° below.
Sunrise in Hinton, Alberta today, Sunday, October 25, 2026, is at 8:36 AM MDT, and sunset is at 6:32 PM.
Hinton gets 9 hours, 55 minutes of daylight today, 4 minutes shorter than yesterday.
Evening golden hour in Hinton runs from 5:41 PM to 6:54 PM MDT today.
The longest day of 2026 in Hinton is June 20, 2026, with 17 hours, 1 minute of daylight. The shortest is December 21, 2026, with 7 hours, 29 minutes.
Hinton uses the America/Edmonton time zone, currently MDT (UTC−6).
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